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Speculative film and moving images by or about Black women and girls : watch it!
- Title
- Speculative film and moving images by or about Black women and girls : watch it! / Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette.
- Author
- Jeffrey-Legette, Karima K., 1972-
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2023]
- ©2023
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN1995.9.S669535 J44 2023 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xx, 247 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines twentieth and twenty-first century speculative fiction films that represent women and girls of African descent. Jeffrey offers insights about positive developments while calling attention to questionable trends in recent movie-making"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / Hoda M. Zaki -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction --Mothers of a new world in select 20th/21st century apocalyptic SF films who, despite their promise, still appear to be a Mammy, Hagar, or Jezebels -- 'Ode to Halle' (but should this be the case?)-the face of Black women in sf films -- Black love in the world of speculative fiction-an argument for 'transhumanism' and 'gynocentric androgyny' in Altered Carbon, HBO's Watchmen Series, and Lovecraft Country -- Black girl magic in A Wrinkle in Time, The Darkest Minds, and Fast Color-fascinating telekinetic/telepathic beings -- What are we doing to our girls?!?!?-an examination of three, 20th/21st century Black girl vampires who will not only survive but possibly precipitate the destruction of humanity -- Black women/girls in horror films-h[er]story is an American gothic story of resiliency, trauma, abuse, and fear -- Conclusion -- Afterword-is the past really the future? / Trudier Harris
- ISBN
- 9781793627032
- 1793627037
- 9781793627049 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2022042823
- OCLC
- on1343196866
- SCSB-14423560
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library